ATM dispute ends in Athens man's arrest

Tuesday

Apr 24, 2012 at 7:45 PM

A 45-year-old Athens man threatened to shoot a clerk at a downtown convenience store early Tuesday when they argued over a broken ATM, Athens-Clarke police said.

Robin Antonio Dingle had already left Lay-Z-Shopper, 361 E. Clayton St., by the time officers arrived, but an officer thought to check another place where, at 2 a.m., the man might find an ATM - Toppers International Showbar, nearby on North Jackson Street, police said.

After the officer found Dingle there, the clerk identified him as the man who threatened him and the officer barred Dingle from Lay-Z-Shopper and let him go, according to police.

Subsequently, the officer learned there was another witness to the threat, and also a surveillance video that recorded the confrontation, during which Dingle placed his hand in a pocket as if he had a gun. Other officers stopped the man's car on West Broad Street and arrested him.

Dingle, of 297 Leann Drive, was charged with making felony-level terroristic threats.

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